Erik Vernet
Erik holds a PhD in Molecular Biotechnology from The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, focusing on intracellular applications of alternative scaffold proteins. After a postdoc at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (NNF CPR) in Copenhagen, Denmark, Erik joined Novo Nordisk and has over 15 years with the company (Denmark and US based) collected a broad expertise in Protein Science, Discovery Biology and Research Informatics. He has specialized in difficult-to-produce proteins and multi-specific biologics, been leading therapeutic project initiation, spearheading development of related workflow and registration systems, and contributed to external technology/target evaluation committees. He has also been a program lead for major data science collaborations with tech companies and academic groups. In his current role as VP of Scientific Data Registration, Erik is focused on exploring emerging digital capabilities to fulfil the data and decision support needs of Discovery Research.